About Carter Lee

Because of a childhood filled with sexual abuse and molestation at the hands of a pedophile, Carter Lee was later in life diagnosed with PTSD; paired with violence and intimidation throughout school, he was pre-destined to become a monster. Against all odds, Carter took control of his destiny and chose to endure his own transformation into the successful and peaceful man he is today. When Jonathan Cried For Me is a tremendous story of struggle, redemption, heartbreak, and self-loathing transforming into self-love and respect.

Please read and support his story of survival, triumph and personal growth.

Carter Lee is a Journalist for The Washington Times Communities 

A Republic Turning On Itself: Protest & Dismay Across The Land Pt 5 of 6

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Protest sweeps across America as political, economic and social stresses wage on! What do the “occupy movements’’ really say about the state of the American dream? Are we too far down the path of moral, social and economical ruins to change course? Can we restore the luster of hope once so prevailing in our youth? The answers are paramount as we gage our way through unchartered territories of ethical turmoil. The occupiers are only a glimmer of last ditch desperation to attempt redress of the wrongs of our republic. It provides hope that someone is concerned and viscerally active to participate in demonstrations of courage despite the failed outcomes of vigilance and social unrest.  These movements are not disorderly exercises in reality TV styled camping expeditions. They are not latent post 60’s and 70’s radical reenactments to relive golden years and fleeting visions of utopias. Though framed in the least of its depth of glory, occupy movements have and must spawn a new generation of activist. We must call them participants in the first step toward true democracy; though vain personage and sacrifice.  Many predecessors have foolishly walked the tight ropes of protest into violence, bondage and death. It is the true human will to seek a spirit of balance which leads so many to un-heroic aftermaths rife with scorn and bitterness at the very conditions they fight. Your life is now tied to the change you seek. Be wise and worthy of the power now bestowed. Activist fights to win in a manner that will uplift the communities they serve. Anarchist fights to protest then lose if so narcissistic as to devalue process and the high expectations of their predecessors. Derail the path to ruins by sheer determination and participation in democracy and all its dullness and glimmer. Work to be done. Organize or be organized into chaos. Leaders and purpose to be given and assorted while everyone gets the task to speak so human emotions and values can become sustainable again.

Marty Smith 

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The New Slavery

Are You A New Slave?    Or      Are You An Economic Slave?

• Taking something off a person or a group that rightfully belongs to them
• Short-changing people in trade
• Directly or indirectly forcing somebody to work
• Using somebody against his will, or without his consent or knowledge
• Imposing an arbitrary differential treatment of people to the advantage of some and the disadvantage of others (as in ascriptive discrimination)
• Using somebody to buy/provide things for you and never paying them back.

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Ghetto Gardener: Medical Marijuana

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               90 Days From Seed & Harvest

The focus of this publication is to show California patients in compliance with Medical Cannabis Laws how to grow your own good cannabis at the lowest cost. In three months you can harvest your plants if you follow these simple instructions. I will show you the What, When and How To’s with simplicity and ease so you can learn more about the product and develop an herb that is best for you. Whether you are if you are a pro or not really into growing plants, you will still benefit from my experience and instructions. As with all instructions, your results may vary because of error, conditions, pest and quality and type of plant source. I am confident that the experience is the reward and the process of discovery is the value of my book. Once I learned these techniques after years of trial and error, I taught a couple of patients, and the rest is history. Many of them have reduced their cost for medication and take pleasure in growing their own cannabis.

Because this guide is for beginners and experts, I will try not to bore you with technical goop that may distract your experience. Rather matter-of-factly; I will give you the technical “goop” that will be the action required to successfully grow your plants. All of growing is a science. Whether or not you yield the best results for all your efforts is the mark from success to failure. After you successfully grow one plant, then try and increase your output. However, remember that there is nothing new under the sun. Many things in this book will undoubtedly reflect many commonly known growing methodologies. I employ and reference Wikipedia as a generic reference source. This body of work is my synthesis of what I have learned to get these results in three months. Now I will share these techniques with you.

                                                                                                                Marty Smith 


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Ultimately, with a Master's Degree, I will be tooled with the components to develop commerce and leadership potential. Applying what I learn is the end goal to utilize my new degree. Becoming a better, more productive member of society is my dream and work in progress. Simply put, the more you know the more you can do and should do. My mission is to successfully achieve a platform to work toward completion of this degree.


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REMOVING THE UNMOTIVATED: Self

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So I decided to leave the unmotivated individuals I attract alone. They know by now. Today I share the lessons learned with you. 


In this market, I strive to connect from a place of "recycling black dollars". Actually, there are very few choices in my urban community to do anything else if you are in my profile. If not but for a little while, I look within to find peace. I am always "on" or so it would seem as I network,  build websites,  access and design platforms for myself and clients.  As an African American male, in this economy, network, and positive transactions are all I'm about. Most of my acquaintances in the daily milieu see the same local economic decline in work, network, and social opportunities as I do. Many of us however, do still look to build clean business relations in an effort to legitimately make more income. This is good when it works. 


But when it does not work is my issue. Far too often many of my cohorts simply talk a good game, but never deliver. Like, anything! They never follow up its been years, even decades in some cases. A person had a good idea or plan. They presented it to me for my consultation. I may have given them counsel or simple instructions; or not. Many of these people I still see. Even this week. Still no plan. No follow up on their part. And, they are not  progressing in those regards in general. Then almost by plan, they hear about me currently and admire my web presence.  After eventually hearing from most of them nowadays, most seem to wish they had followed through with something.  I always let folk know that today is a new day.



I just stare.  In most cases, I dismiss  the fake folk quickly. Every so often, my soft heart allows me to try to work with these cohorts again. So it fails again! Then the self mind created "I told you so's"  kicks in. Now I feel as if my time, value and sincerity is devalued; again. Adrenalin and self esteem is all most of us trying to maintain have left. Every opportunity to build and grow economically is so important. Small business people must have environments beyond our immediate relationships to grow. In my community, we have forgotten the value of  basic business. At the base of most successful deals is a meeting, follow up, and commitment to a goal or accord. The need for integrity and honest assessment of an individual's goals must assist every discourse. Even in minor cases, we should strive toward simple resolution of fact and theory to separate workable ideas from hyperbole. Then I look within to transform the workable ideas into workable relationships. And, begin the cycle again....






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The UNMOTIVATED

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This topic is but a step toward a deeper set of unresolved issues facing my nation of thought. My narrative is my insight into common scenes of living. These quips and antidotes reflect trends in my view of life's episodes. 


Many people approach me for all kinds of assistance with a variety of task and projects for which I am capable. In this economy,  often I trade or barter my services. I was building web sites and placing clients in and on social media, network sites.  The client faked. No call no show after weeks of planning and confirmation the day before. So I went to my next appointment. I have found the best way to serve everyone's interest, is stack appointments. This client was very pleased with what I constructed for him (and company). He is taking a one on one course with me. I always offer consultations. Many people need help managing what is put together. Despite them owning and telling me how tech savvy they are, I have seen otherwise. So my client sees me twice a week, at his request to learn how to grow his web presence. Each week we build upon his web knowledge, site development and concept architecture. 


But my issue is with the one, more familiar client who always seen to fake. I will not mask the fact that I do not think he is on his "A Game" . This guy is the thirty five year old swag rapper, producer, D-Boy, hustler,  father, and all that. Every since I have known him, he has never been motivated about the things he represents. But over the years he and I connect from time to time. Now, don't get me wrong; he has some great qualities. But his execution on the real issues he kicks is not there. In this, he is very much the dreaded "typical black man". I guess that is the root of my displeasure. Trying not to be typical, especially in these times, I will not disdain the obvious, but can we level this reality. All relevant statistics reflect that the African American males are having a disproportional hard time in the current daily economic reality, at this level. 


So why can't all folks just work together and take advantage of each other and the current technological revolution or bubble? I wish I knew. I can no longer care, from my selfish black male corner of the world; however, I do care about community success. Global and local. At the root of all success lies with the individual. Even my friends are worthy of basic, timely technological  progressions and success reward strategies that yield profit. So I wonder why some of the public chooses to talk it up but do not back it up.Still I do not care. I am pissed about this one client. It could be personal. But he agreed that he needs my services and he knows it takes effort. Yet, we consistently fail to connect. I know it is his fear of me. And, his fear of progress. Self defeatism or maybe karma. The fact that our skill to action ratios are so far apart. 


I can only make excuses. It is not fair but my opinion is clear.  My urban community suffers from lack of will or intentional failure. Many of my other clients have spoke on this condition of hubris and living skill priority. I do believe that most hip hop thinking and living people are callous and dis-concerned with the value of verbal commitment, execution and self actualization. 
It is my hopeful fantasy that this trend in my black community stops. People acting as if they need expertise, only to fail to connect; then bring it up again. I am trying to make more contacts to increase my business traffic both on line and in person. I feel let down when I cannot move a client forward. 
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A Republic Turning On Itself: Congressional Deadlock Pt 4 of 6

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After months of back and forth debate Congress finally passed a flawed debt ceiling bill to fund the governance and business of America. President Obama signed into law legislation that creates a Super Congressional Committee which essentially will begin dismantling federal spending by cutting entitlements such as medicare, educational and social service programs. The public showed its disgust with both parties and the President's decision to allow these programs to be sacrificed to appease unyielding Republican bent on not raising taxes on the wealthiest of American. This decision has caused our economy to continue to sputter downward while millions of Americans are without work, hope and trust in the American values they once  held in high esteem. Consumer confidence is down and the public outlook for positive change is diminishing rapidly. Meanwhile, partisan bickering and insolvency has created a clime ripe for distrust, propagandizing, and eventual civil strife. The media has willfully misreported or misinterpreted the realities and conditions that make our political and economic systems thrive, giving  way to public disproportional  ignorance of factual civic and economic realities. The end result is the average person has a very dogmatic and strongly opinionated about non-factual, delusional views of government and their role in it. The trend is for America is to self destruct do to poor political choices and non voting patterns while believing whatever most  corporate, pandering talking heads and corrupt politicians that suggest is truth. This trend will destroy the "American Dream" as we know it!
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Space Travel

American Astronautical Society Statement on Space Program Cutbacks

• Source: American Astronomical Society
• Posted Wednesday, July 20, 2011

For the past 54 years, investments in America's space program have yielded tremendous benefits* for American taxpayers, but looming cutbacks to science and technology (S&T) investments...

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Satan's Strong Hold? Or just bad luck!!!

Non-Christians: Why do you worship Satan and not Christ? 

Written By Morganie... Member since:

January 02, 2010

Many seem to think that Satanists are simply people that worship Satan voluntarily and practice witchcraft. However, that is wrong. I would like to widen the definition of “Satanist” to all those who do not accept Christ. As Luke 11:23 says, all those who are not with Christ are against Him. By not accepting Christ, one supports Satan, regardless of whether he/she knows it or not. Every rejection of Christ grows Satan stronger.

Jews and Muslims think they oppose Satan, although they are actually supporting him by not following Christ. Members of non-Abrahamic religions and non-religious people lack a belief in Satan, although they are actually supporting him by not following Christ. As shown above, all those who do not believe in Christ are Satanists.

Not accepting Christ as the Savior is showing support to Satan, and supporting Satan is what Satanists do.

Why do you worship Satan in the form of the Buddha, Allah, Shiva, and Atheism?

 IS SATAN REAL

Looking At The Facts

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The Justice System

Your Miranda Rights

What the Miranda Rights Say
The exact wording of the "Miranda Rights" statement is not specified in the Supreme Court's historic decision. Instead, law enforcement agencies have created a basic set of simple statements that can be read to accused persons prior to any questioning.
Here are paraphrased examples of the basic "Miranda Rights" statements, along with related excerpts from the Supreme Court's decision.
1. You have the right to remain silent.
The Court: "At the outset, if a person in custody is to be subjected to interrogation, he must first be informed in clear and unequivocal terms that he has the right to remain silent."
2. Anything you say can be used against you in a court of law.
The Court: "The warning of the right to remain silent must be accompanied by the explanation that anything said can and will be used against the individual in court."
3. You have the right to have an attorney present now and during any future questioning.
The Court: "...the right to have counsel present at the interrogation is indispensable to the protection of the Fifth Amendment privilege under the system we delineate today. ... [Accordingly] we hold that an individual held for interrogation must be clearly informed that he has the right to consult with a lawyer and to have the lawyer with him during interrogation under the system for protecting the privilege we delineate today."
4. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed to you free of charge if you wish.
The Court: "In order fully to apprise a person interrogated of the extent of his rights under this system then, it is necessary to warn him not only that he has the right to consult with an attorney, but also that if he is indigent a lawyer will be appointed to represent him. Without this additional warning, the admonition of the right to consult with counsel would often be understood as meaning only that he can consult with a lawyer if he has one or has the funds to obtain one.
The Court continues by declaring what the police must do if the person being interrogated indicates that he or she does want a lawyer...
"If the individual states that he wants an attorney, the interrogation must cease until an attorney is present. At that time, the individual must have an opportunity to confer with the attorney and to have him present during any subsequent questioning. If the individual cannot obtain an attorney and he indicates that he wants one before speaking to police, they must respect his decision to remain silent."


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Grow Your Twitter Account Free

In  late January 2011 I decided to get back on Twitter after about a six month break. I was not concerned with followers at that time because the 30 ( as of 7/5/11 approx 6700 followers) or so people who were following me did not tweet that often. I really used the account as a sounding board for my quips and rants in the moment. Then I went to WorkSource to find employment and they had a policy of  No Twitter, Facebook, or MySpace access. Because I work in the film / entertainment industry, I get most of my leads through social networks. Also every major employer and job referral service uses Facebook or Twitter. So to me, the policy was foolish and subject.  I started to research jobs on Twitter and found that there was a wealth of access and information about everything that was not being communicated to the public.

Then one morning while listing to @kpcc, there was a clip about the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, TX. It ended the clip  with the link to the festival on Twitter. I got on Twitter linked in, and began following everybody with any thing to say about the festival.. I connected to some good tweets and followed many. Most of the younger tweeters were talking about getting followers born in the late 80's and 90's. Many of these accounts had 10000 plus followers and I had less than fifty. But, when I read the tweets, they were rather immature and disconnected to real things going on in the world. In fact I even challenged one of the tweeter on his lack of substance.

Another morning on @kpcc, Larry had a segment on effective use of social media in the new real economic realities. The speaker said that most people (me included) were still stuck in the 90's as if this social media thing was going away. The speaker ranted about growing a following particularly, if you have a small project, art, crafts, service, or skill. He said you could do all of this for free and get sponsorship. As a former music promoter and skilled artist, everything clicked and I followed his instructions.  He suggested unsing Twiends and a verified account manager.http://twiends.com/me/bluethinktank

A Republic Turning On Itself: Educational Components Pt 3of 6

Budget issues mixed with ever evolving, and  shifting values, has the future of education now mired in conflict, union chaos and disenfranchisement of our youth. The current social and political climate in the United States allows without protest nixing school budgets and programs. This allows the concurrent trend  toward disrupting and permanently altering the vision, use, and type of public education benefit in which most Americans out of high school are familiar with. As we progress with that high school diploma or GED, we must begin to appreciate the value of education thus far in application our life.


For what you hold as truth and knowledge; parenting, wanting, growing, and hopefully ascending, if maturing toward the need for more education and knowledge of a thing,  task, compulsion or and dominions to do that, equates to a living existence.


Using what one knows to build oneself and advance toward an individual goal in life is due greatly to knowledge. It  is this very American type realm, in its the possibilities and attitude which starts in our ethic of an educated and informed citizen. Our system has public education built in public policy and bound by tax code. Simply, we, me you, us, and all of them pay for public education whether we attend them or not. Those who do attend and or send their children to public schools all agree that there must be standards. Yet most school districts and constituents quibble into abstract over what standards matter. As  our daily budgetary and social realities adjudicate, we see a political and social trend toward dismantling core, practices, and components of the local public elementary through collegiate systems.

 The obvious is to affect the view of the relevance, worth and need for public education's value to the student, teacher, administrator, parent, politician and voter. 

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A Republic Turning On Itself Pt 2 of 6

A living standard declining into a realization that it is becoming financially and emotionally harder to maintain resolve and positive outlook, while the examples of a political, class war duplicity rages; government waste and excess abound. Now, everyday we tune into our life, local or national news or information source, and then toggle our emotions into the belief of the "trending" moment. Then you return to work, if working, and find that you are as expendable as good ideas. And, it may be the employers condition of ideas to eventually reduce, remove or reassign your job. At some point, even the most insular employee will have a job or career threatened or eliminated. In today's time, which is all that matters to most of us, we seek and need certain stability to exist on par. If individuals drop below that threshold, then something else tends to suffer or go amiss. These are basic socio-economic facts of life and the point is to reconnect your thinking to your daily toils and joys. In this we all realize that our daily lives all connect to the shared human condition to which individual and societal growth is the by product of its own objective. Your condition of living is the only variable that separates you from anyone else. The degree to which each individual lives and enjoys living, defines how you feel about the conditions of your life. So material goods, money, hope and dreams are relative to how you feel about your knowledge of things; and, outlook and perception of chances of reaching and growing these life goals and achievements.

In the U.S.A., we have gotten to the root cause of the challenges we face growing forward. All sytems of living, from social, religious, political, to education sectors and more are at developmental and bugetary odds with the public they only exist for.  In our system of governance, it is most important to never forget that our democracy is a republic with a market capital economy. We are not purley democratic  or capitalist. Compansion is built into all public, social and civic policies. Historically, this nation has made economic advances by shifting social and civic processies. A womens right to vote, labor laws or abolishment of slavery are examples of this righting toward American advances.

The "American Dream" only exist, because it possible to work find employment and enterprise necessary to execute capital to obtain such an entitiled notion.

A Republic Turning On Itself Part 1 of 6

Have you read  Animal Farm? When I taught and tutored teenagers, it was a must read for my class. The book is a very insightful story about how things crafted with great intention go bad. It reflects the development of a system of order and society. This literature gives fundamental clues to "human" nature under the simile of an animated, and intelligible animal farm. It shows the rise and decline of civil arrangement's of consent or coercion and de facto agreements due to governance; routine and order. Ultimately the book is the path reflected through story of what happens when people and society implode under unsustainable governance and poor living science.

Poor living science is nothing less than society failing. Failing consistently over time to address, redress and contain basic civil elements that affect the quality of life for its population. State plus individual economic growth, historical psychology, politics, human rights and the idea of the "right to more" are basic civil elements for most societies. Now in our society, we Americans are in the throws of civil rebellion. Most Americans as do most people have a fundamental believe in their individual "right to more". Whether it be an individual belief or a belief in your tribe's, clan's, or government's "right to more", it is fundamental part of how we are as modern humans. Here in the U.S.A., our seemingly out of sync political and socio-economic realities with three budget and morale draining wars; has gotten us in gridlock due to unsustainable governance and poor living sciences. This combined with collusion (or appearance of) for whatever reason with big businesses, especially media, entertainment, commodities, and energy sectors have put most aware and politically active Americans on quiet and active alert.

Having studied as much history as most of you, it is obvious that the current economic crisis and rising unemployment are not disconnected to the democrat (liberal)  vs republican (conservative) view of funding and shaping our mere realty. The two party system of living, which most of us participate, is out of bounds with the daily views of their constituency. Further, the media stronghold on information corrupts potential knowledge acquisition. If you are bombarded and targeted with skewed, biased, slanted, inconsistent, and intentionally vague "news", you will eventually believe almost anything. Or, at least; call into question your own intuition and historical sense of realness. Simply, you cant trust most of what you here or read. Then, you may as well not trust yourself. Your system of living is in part due to a system of information which funds a view of reality. We grow because we know to. But growing at a decling, negative rate, is really what the crux of the issue is!

Decling standand of living is the issue affecting most Americans.

The Emancipation Proclamation

Building Your Twitter Account Pt 3

In just seven days the @bluenational account grew by 500 followers. For me that is less than average. The week previous, I grew by about 1000. However I was losing about 25 each night after gaining about 200. Expanding beyond Twiends and using the " Who to Follow" list to grow your account has helped create a more balance group of supporters. I have fewer unfollowers on average. Twiends is still very important, but it should never be the sole way to grow an account. The simple and effective use of refferal from other tweets has worked to add loyalty to my base. Often Twiends followers fall into two categories; over aggressive marketers/ spam or  random non interested followers who have a high unfollow rate. Many Twiend users don't even know you can change your setting to lower the rate of unfollowers. The setting can also offer more or less seeds; target different countries, and change your interest to attract more focused followers. But aside from Twiends, I use Tweepi.com to further refine those I choose to follow or unfollow. This site takes you deeper into target marketing for the followers who best suit your needs. In my case, I will always follow way less people because I rely on certain types of news/ info related follow backs. I prefer tweets from every corner of the globe. This allows me to plug you in faster with relevant, humorous, political and news worthy tweets. Ultimately as @bluenational expands, we will see a growing fan base that is both loyal and interactive.

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Street Vending

In Los Angeles as well as major cities around the nation, street vending without the proper business permits is illegal. It should remain illegal and the city authorities should make efforts to curtail, monitor and or eliminate this activity. It is unfair to local tax paying businesses to allow non taxpaying vendors to set up and proliferate outside or near legal enterprises. Food vendors are unsafe since they don't go through L.A. County Health Department licensing. In my opinion, cultural and ethnic communities that support illegal vendors contribute to the decline of the American economy. The foregone tax revenue that cities and counties need to provide services to its citizens is often leached from the very communities that are most needy. Essential to proper growth in every neighborhood is economic planning. Vendors now see their activities as a way to make quick undetectable cash. Many of the vendors in my local community are illegal residence that are organized by various master enterprises. These vendors work tirelessly and are often exploited. Many of them employ children that would normally be in school. This violates child labor laws that are in place to protect children.

Having owned business in the past, it should be the intent of every vendor or business to grow and establish them for greater success. This is a learned task which is part of the American ethos and work ethic. If these values are not continually uplifted and communicated, constant economic decline will continue in every neighborhood that allows vendors to proliferate. Many citizens see only the convenience of having someone service them local or on their street.They have not realized the connection to crime, food born illnesses, terrorism and public safety.  Los Angeles Wave Community Newspaper article by Kevin Herrera got it right. We must rethink street vending as a society and take into view how we want the future growth of our city to look.

 

Originally Written   5/2005                                                                                         by Marty Smith

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Elements of Style Dream Green

Dreaming About a Concept Green Dwelling?
Have you been dreaming about that perfect light green home that is real, welcoming, cozy,
and provides for all of your housing needs, while also allowing you to live
lightly on our earth?
Ecological Designs Concepts
Each design shown here has been chosen because it embodies some significant
aspect of sustainable architecture. The designs offered for sale here use
natural materials, passive or active solar concepts for heating and cooling,
attached solar greenhouses, small claosets, narrow passages with naturally cooled pantries, or other aspects that
contribute to a greener lifestyle. All of the architects and designers
represented here are committed to providing detailed house plans that will show
everything necessary to successfully bring your concept into reality!

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 Find the Right Plan for You there are many ways to find the plans that most closely match your interests.

Real or Imaginable Space Residential, Studio, Greenhouse, Garage,
  Doghouse, and Cold Storage Within each of these categories there
may be other subcategories to help you
  narrow your search.






Profiles of Architects and Designed by                                               Marty Smith

School Milk Facts

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 school milk carton (1/2 pint)
Amount Per Serving
Calories from Fat 71 Calories 146
% Daily Values*
Total Fat 7.93g		12%
	Saturated Fat 4.551g	23%
	Polyunsaturated Fat 0.476g
	Monounsaturated Fat 1.981g
Cholesterol 24mg		8%
Sodium 98mg		4%
Potassium 349mg
Total Carbohydrate 11.03g		4%
	Dietary Fiber 0g	0%
	Sugars 12.83g
Protein 7.86g
Vitamin A 0% Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 28% Iron 0%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs. Nutrition Values are based on USDA Nutrient Database SR18

Note:
Includes: 3.5% or 3.8% fat milk; leche fresca

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Public Education in Los Angeles Pt 1

A simple look at the LAUSD may reveal key issues that greatly affect the quality, scope, and depth of individual learning. Overcrowding in the classroom and general populations on most urban campuses has achieved its maximums. The increasing immigrant base mixed with existing social, financial hardships for average working Americans, fuels the dearth of opportunity for essential parental development and consensus toward child rearing. Simply put, there does not seem to be enough time in an average parent’s day to give quality behavioral instruction and basic educational guidance to their children. With so many people in Los Angeles, where literacy rates rate around 40% for the total population, most parents barely have a proper base in or understanding of core a curriculum. Most classrooms begin at an educational deficit due to these facts. Having taught for over ten years in the classroom and other educational programs, I would say that the expectations on the average teacher is overwhelming and prone to failure.

Originally Written 4/2006                                                                                         by Marty Smith

Designing My Own Planet

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Los Angeles County

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What Do You Think About Community Organizing?

Community organizing is a very important tool for social change and betterment.  The founding of this nation began as an organized protest against the throne of England. Over the centuries of our development and progress in the United States, our nation has benefited as a result of significant responses to conditions, policies and laws that did not reflect democratic ideals expressed in the bill of rights and U.S. constitution. It is because of organized reactions to individual cases, legal challenges, and outrage over social and economic conditions which fuel positive, applicable outcomes for societal betterment.

In modern times we have seen major demonstrations and organized protest over civil rights issues, sexual liberation, equal rights for women, immigrant’s rights, the environment, etc. Many of these organized communities or special interest followed longstanding tactics developed during the slave abolitionist movement, women’s suffrage movement, labor protection of the industrial ages, and 20^th century African American civil rights movement. The methods used are tried and tested. They are often over applied to every group protests and organized effort around any issue. In my opinion, many of the current trends toward social change are cluttered and confused. Following the traditions of their movements may not be the best thing to clarify and identify the importance of that movement. For instance, utilizing and adopting the same tactics, similar rhetoric, and political jockeying of the Black Civil rights movement for gay rights and transgender issues may not be the best approach to promoting this specific issue. The way  in which this issue is often represented by the media and special interest, tend to devalue the importance. Rather than garnering more support for the issue, the public and those most affected by the issue seem overburdened by it and its presentation by those in the movement reflect a watered down view.

Ultimately, all organizing efforts reflect the organic synthesis of the democratic process and the ideals of the republic. Community organizing is the fundamental model for social change. It’s positive or negative affect of the organized effort must be analyzed in the totality of historical context. Not all organized community efforts reflect the greater needs of our democracy. In time, we will see what was true, right and or just for all.

Originally Written 5/2006

What Is G.I.S.?

G.I.S. means Geographical Information Systems. These are databases which allow the user to capture, display, analyze and display special relationships. G.I.S. uses digitized current and historical data to produce mapping systems. Each layer of the map quantifies composite information such as census or land use data. This allows G.I.S. to become a tool to view very complex and overlapping information to get a “big picture” of the cumulative effects of planning decisions, growth management, and use of land. Common

G.I.S. databases allows designers, developers and government agencies to develop concurrent integrated models through mapping. These maps can be static or in real time. The data can be view in three dimensions. A G.I.S. database also has geospatial referencing which enables the user to become a “doer” by querying the database. By asking questions of the database, the user can build their own information systems with specific attributes and feature that satisfy the query.

G.I.S. is a very powerful tool which will have major impact on  society. Combined with other technologies such as tracking devices, cameras or global positioning systems, G.I.S. will have global consequences which I hope will be used to better the human condition.

Currently G.I.S. is being employed by citizen councils all over the United States to create balanced and equitable congressional redistricting.

For more information visit: http://www.esri.com/redistricting

Pt. 2 --------- Getting Out of Twitter Jail

After building my account with the help of Twiends and TrueTwit, I found my self in Twitter Jail. The Twitter policy is when you reach 2001 Follows and your Followers are not over 2001; then they suspend your ability to follow others. I then used the verified account manager (TrueTwit) to identify Bots, inactives and spam. I slowly began to unfollow then follow more people. In time I unfollowed just enough people to grow more followers on Twiends. This was all done for free. Eventually I gained a great service in Tweepi! Their systems allow very clear review of your account and you willl be able to "flush" unfollowers and those with poor ratios and stats. Yes, that's right comprehensive stats on every one on Twitter which allow you to analize your account. If you send, them a shout out, they will get you out of Twitter Jail before your account reaches 2001 followers. I allow about a week before I unfollow non followers. It makes very little sense to continue to follow Tweets, that you dont need or support your efforts.

Growing A Twitter Acount Pt. 1

In  late January 2011 I decided to get back on Twitter after about a six month break. I was not concerned with followers at that time because the 30 or so people who were following me did not tweet that often. I really used the account as a sounding board for my quips and rants in the moment. Then I went to WorkSource to find employment and they had a policy of  No Twitter, Facebook, or MySpace access. Because I work in the film / entertainment industry, I get most of my leads through social networks. Also every major employer and job referral service uses Facebook or Twitter. So to me, the policy was foolish and subject.  I started to research jobs on Twitter and found that there was a wealth of access and information about everything that was not being communicated to the public.

Then one morning while listing to @kpcc, there was a clip about the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, TX. It ended the clip  with the link to the festival on Twitter. I got on Twitter linked in, and began following everybody with any thing to say about the festival.. I connected to some good tweets and followed many. Most of the younger tweeters were talking about getting followers born in the late 80's and 90's. Many of these accounts had 10000 plus followers and I had less than fifty. But, when I read the tweets, they were rather immature and disconnected to real things going on in the world. In fact I even challenged one of the tweeter on his lack of substance.

Another morning on @kpcc, Larry had a segment on effective use of social media in the new real economic realities. The speaker said that most people (me included) were still stuck in the 90's as if this social media thing was going away. The speaker ranted about growing a following particularly, if you have a small project, art, crafts, service, or skill. He said you could do all of this for free and get sponsorship. As a former music promoter and skilled artist, everything clicked and I followed his instructions.  He suggested unsing Twiends and a verified account manager.

My First Bluenational Blog

This is the first step toward the development of the Bluethinktank and Bluenational brand of content and ideas. Thanks to a follower on my Twitter account, I followed his links to http://www.http//www.onlineworkindia.co.in/how-to-create-a-blog-to-earn-money.html and set this in motion. After following the simple instructions, I was then at a loss for something to blog. So I went and bought some incense from another follower and he suggested I just keep it real! Now I am creating this blog for all to see how really easy it is to publish your own content; and for free!